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at my request from the right, but they did me but little good, getting twice out of ammunition, after very few discharges, and going a half mile to the rear to replenish.
In the close of the action, they were not on the field.
The Eleventh regiment and Seventh battalion arrived upon the battle field after nightfall, having been delayed upon the cars in coming from South Carolina.
At 12 o'clock that night our whole force at the Junction was withdrawn by General Johnson to the line of Swift Creek.
On the 9th I was ordered to take a part of my brigade and make a reconnoissance in front of this line.
I took the Twenty-first, the Eleventh, and a detachment of the Twenty-fifth under Captain Carson.
The object was accomplished, but from the broken and wooded nature of the ground, I became more heavily engaged than I desired with the heavy force in my front, and my loss was severe.
I append a statement of casualties in those actions:
Out of seven field officers taken into the

resent position you had better come back to Swift Creek.
The enemy are advancing on this side ofwith you. You will fall back, therefore, to Swift Creek, bringing off your artillery which has beenour forces had crossed to the south bank of Swift Creek.
During the day and night of the 8th I senhen the enemy advanced upon our position at Swift Creek.
In this advance they passed to the north y were in strong force on the north side of Swift Creek, and slight skirmishing was commenced with to you that you had better hold the line of Swift Creek till reinforcements arrive, and we can thening it, and telling you to hold the line of Swift Creek if the enemy, as reported, were advancing iinity of the turnpike, on the north side of Swift Creek.
After a very sharp skirmish General Hagooennessee regiment.
In the skirmishing at Swift Creek, Johnson's brigade had five men wounded, onat Port Walthall junction on the 7th and at Swift Creek on the 9th of May, 1864.
Very respectfully